Awards and Recognition:
The mission of the Gulf Breeze Police
Department is to provide for the real and
perceived safety of the citizens of the
community and it visitors; to reduce crime
through vigilant investigation; to facilitate the
flow of traffic in a safe and efficient manner;
and to help to improve the quality of life in our
community.
STEPS WE ARE TAKING TO MAKE LIFE
BETTER IN “THE BREEZE”
1.Personnel: we have the finest staff in the
area and have selected and retained high
performing and dedicated individuals that are
responsive to the needs of the community.
2.Programs: we are accredited and an
award winning community-policing agency.
Our efforts have received statewide and
national acclaim.
3.Training: we are providing training
opportunities to keep our personnel current
and proactive in the field.
4.Equipment: our agency procures some of
the best and most innovative equipment
available today to make us more effective.
2006 Governor’s Medal of Heroism: presented by
Governor Bush to four (4) Gulf Breeze Officers for putting
their lives at risk saving another.
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009,
2010 Winner, 2007 Finalist: Rocky Pomerance Law
Enforcement Excellence Award from the Florida Police
Just call our police department or contact any
Gulf Breeze Police officer to talk about any
concerns that you may have. Feel free to
email Chief Paulding at paulding@ci.gulfbreeze.fl.us or Deputy Chief Randle at
rrandle@ci.gulf-breeze.fl.us
Your Community Resource Officer is
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call 934-5121 extension ______
Chiefs Association to recognize member agencies for
developing and implementing an innovative approach to
policing.
2006, 2008 Winner, 2007 Champion Class Winner,
2009 2nd Place: Florida Law Enforcement
Challenge and Traffic Safety Award, a competition
among Florida law enforcement agencies and traffic
safety organizations to be named the "best of the
best" in traffic safety.
Community Resource Officer
Program
“Award Winning Excellence”
since 2001
2007 2nd Place: IACP Law Enforcement
Challenge and Traffic Safety Award, a national
competition among law enforcement agencies and
traffic safety organizations to be named the "best of
the best" in traffic safety.
2003, 2010 Winner, 2006 Finalist: IACP
Community Policing Award sponsored by
International Association of Chiefs of Police and ITT
Night Vision/Cisco. The award recognizes
outstanding community-policing practices by
worldwide agencies representing jurisdictions of all
sizes.
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO
KNOW?
Gulf Breeze Police Department
2006, 2008, 2011 Semifinalist: IACP Webber
Seavey Quality in Law Enforcement Award jointly
sponsored by International Association of Chiefs of
Police and Motorola, presented annually to agencies
and departments worldwide in recognition for
promoting a standard of excellence that exemplifies
law enforcement's contribution and dedication to the
quality of life in local communities.
Accredited by the Commission for Florida Law
Enforcement Accreditation since 1999.
Gulf Breeze Police Department
311 Fairpoint Drive
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Phone (850) 934-5121
Fax (850) 934-5127
Peter Paulding, Chief of Police
Robert Randle, Deputy Chief of Police
HOW TO GET PROBLEMS SOLVED
COMMUNITY POLICING SOLVES PROBLEMS
Your Community Resource Officer will be
glad to act as your point of contact for any
issue you may have.
years have been ‘out of the box’ ideas from
our residents of our community.
informational signs to improve stop sign
compliance at our through streets.
If the concern can not be addressed locally,
we will endeavor to marshal other resources
or agencies to bring whatever solutions can
be generated to develop a solution.
We enjoy the support of our city council and
city staff to develop innovative and effective
solutions to problems. With our community
partners, we are the first community in the
State to acquire a Simulated Impaired Driving
Simulator car that demonstrates the effects
of drunk driving to our youngsters. We are
the first in the State to implement a red light
camera enforcement program to reduce red
light running
2.Reduced vandalism by over 60% as a
HOW ARE PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED?
GOOD IDEAS WORK
result of a comprehensive Homecoming antivandalism initiative.
Members of the public talk to our staff and let
them know about things or conditions that are
unsafe or need corrective action.
We use good ideas that are provided for
problem-solving wherever they may come
from. Our partnership with the students
resulted in the development of the skate park
as a destination that was designed by the
youngsters in the city!
Gulf Breeze Police Officers and their
community partners have generated over
100 proactive and creative solutions to large
and small issues in our City since 2001.
Some examples listed below:
1.Developed and installed stop sign
3.Reduced traffic crashes in the City by
over 7% in two years from our Traffic Safety
Task Force strategies. This reduction was
generated in spite of a 15% increase in traffic
and a 26% increase in crashes in the rest of
the county in the same time period.
4. Educated parents and teachers to detect
and reduce drug use among our youngsters.
5.Created Volunteers in Police Service
program that uses 29 civilians to drive
marked police cars for traffic calming and
motorist assistance.
6.Trained 26 Citizen Emergency Response
Team members to render aid safely in the
event of any type of disaster.
If you have any concern that we can help you
with, just call Gulf Breeze Police at 934-5121
and ask for your resource officer.
The CRO in your area will work directly with
you to resolve your issue or forward the
concern to the proper department or agency.
Officers on patrol make a note of issues that
they detect in their daily patrols. Officers can
see things that are out of place or things that
need to be addressed. One officer developed
a house numbering initiative to make
emergency response easier, more accurate
and faster.
Schools and other agencies identify needs
that can be addressed. Our personnel
provide DARE training to Gulf Breeze
Elementary and the Pensacola Beach
Elementary schools.
PARTNERSHIPS CREATE REAL
SOLUTIONS
The police can not solve every problem by
themselves. We involve members of the
community, the media, schools, city council,
city staff and other stakeholders to create
lasting and effective problem solutions.
We are innovative and open-minded to
ideas. Some of the most effective solutions
that have been implemented in the past 5
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